The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the European Federation of Building and
Woodworkers (EFBWW), the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade
Unions (EFFAT), the IndustriAll European Trade Union, the European Public Services Union
(EPSU) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) strongly condemn the
European Commission’s Omnibus proposal, which constitutes a direct assault on
corporate accountability, workers’ and trade union rights, and environmental protections.
The European Parliament must reject this disastrous package and ensure that the core
objectives of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as well as the
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) and the protections provided
therein are safeguarded from this deregulation agenda.
The Omnibus proposal, if enacted, would dismantle key provisions and objectives of the
CS3D, making it effectively toothless. It delays implementation and application, weakens
enforcement, strips away civil liability protections, and limits corporate responsibility to
direct business partners—leaving countless workers, trade unions, communities, and
ecosystems vulnerable to unchecked adverse impact of corporate operations.